Photographs, visual memes, and viral videos : visual phatic news sharing on WhatsApp during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, Italy, and The Netherlands
Abstract: Sharing and discussing visual images in WhatsApp groups functions as a form of phatic news sharing to achieve a sense of togetherness and sociability. We explore how visual media content shared in personal WhatsApp interactions during the first strict lockdown months of the COVID-19 pandemic functions as phatic news. Our study addresses a gap in journalism studies in researching news-related and visual content from user perspectives. Our article provides insights into how the "semi-private" space of WhatsApp offers people a digital communication space to deal with becoming a news sub... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Schlagwörter: | Mass communications |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26828578 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/10067/2002910151162165141 |